Granada Travel Info

Archive for the ‘Destination’ Category

Tour operators, wholesalers and leading travel agencies located in the United States to Mexico as a key destination for tourism in Latin America, said the deputy director general of the Council of the Mexico Tourism Board (MTB), Rodolfo Lopez Ingrate.

During a meeting with industry representatives in Cancun, Quintana Room, the officer presented the strategies the agency and the Ministry of Tourism (Tourism Ministry) developed to increase the flow of Americans to Mexico, covering media in the neighboring country and an innovative social media campaign.

Lopez Ingrate said that this country remains the main destination in Latin America for American travelers of the Union, with a market share of 14.7 percent.

At the appropriate representatives of the tourism industry in the United States asserted that campaigns implemented in that market have been appropriate to interest of travelers and expressed interest in spreading the attractions of Mexico.

Steve Gorge, president and CEO, Travel Impressions, a subsidiary of American Express and one of the largest tour operator companies in the United States offered to join efforts to publicize the attractions of this nation.

He acknowledged the work of the authorities of the sector and stressed that Mexico is one of the favorite destinations for the U.S. market.

Angela Goicouria turn, vice president of Alliances Virtuoso, a company specializing in luxury travel, explained the importance of this country in that segment and said that “Mexico is rich in history, traditions and has the necessary infrastructure to meet the demands of tourists with high purchasing power.”

Peter Greenberg, travel editor of CBS, said that soon will be presented at a large U.S. television report on the major tourist sites in Mexico.

During the meeting, Lopez Ingrate said the impetus it has given the Federal Government to tourism, when inserted as a state policy, Mexico was guest of honor at the last edition of the World Summit on Travel & Tourism in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Also mentioned that this country will host the World Summit Adventure Tourism to be held in October in San Cristobal de lass Cases, Chiapas, and invited travel agents to promote the state’s call on their packages Undo Maya.

Choosing a cruise destination in the world is somehow a confusing process. We travel around the world by boat and there are thousands of options to visit. All places, an island or an elegant city, beautiful lands are no tourist would resist visiting.

A cruise is the best of everything and shows beautiful places and destinations around the world. But not everyone can afford to go on world tour, is extremely expensive. To resolve the dilemma of choosing a location, you are presented with information on the most popular cruise destinations in the world, so you can choose the right one for you and your family.

Alaska and Canada
Alaska is known for its splendid natural scenery. The extreme beauty that offers the icy climate of Alaska, make it a cruise ship destination in no way be missed. Alaska’s cold climate combined with the natural beauty and charm coupled with the surrounding captivates visitors.

Caribbean
if you are a lover of beaches, the Caribbean is the best place to visit. The fascinating beauty of Caribbean beaches leaves visitors with wonderful memories. White sand, clear blue water, lots of sun and fun, what else does a person need in a cruise vacation? If you go first on the boat, we recommend you choose this option.

Europe Cruises
For those who are lovers of history and remarkable monuments, cruises in Europe are the best option available. On this tour, you can visit all the major European countries and beautiful cities like Venice, Italy, Spain, London and even Moscow. The beauty of historical monuments and the elegance represented by them can be observed very closely on a European cruise.

World News

What we have to consider when looking for travel insurance?

When planning a trip we can find the need to hire some travel insurance, either because they are intrinsically linked to the planning of the trip (such as a trip cancellation insurance) or because we want to ensure the peace or health during the trip (egg travel medical insurance).

In this way, always being a personal assessment, we entered into the unsure how to hire the best travel insurance or how to choose the most suitable for our trip, of all the possibilities of travel insurance.

It seems clear that before hiring a travel insurance policy will take into account the type of trip we plan to do, destination, travel time, etc … The destination is important as coverage may vary depending on travel destination, for example in countries outside the European Union, or where health care is very expensive.

Health care, trip cancellation, lost luggage, problems in the housing, several concepts to consider when looking for travel insurance.

* Presents to companies organizing events which attributes to hold congresses and conventions in your state.
* Attended local tourism service providers to strengthen the promotion of San Luis Potosi an ideal destination for business tourism.

The State Tourism Secretariat submitted to the most important associations, companies and meeting planners (event organizers) from Mexico City tourism supply with which the State has to the organization of congresses and conventions in the city, as well as benefits of the destination.

On a work agenda that included meetings with meeting planners and associations, office staff State Congress and Convention, presented the opportunities, benefits and advantages of organizing all kinds of events in venues that are in the state capital, also to promote the benefits that tourism services class offered by the sector.

Rep. Henry Abdu, head of the Secretariat made the first presentation of the destination to guests of BTC America, Congress, Global Incentive and Convention, ONCE, serve, More Expos and companies in the industry dedicated to organizing events, supporting the Ministry of Tourism representing the state sector providers as the State Association of Hotels, Airlines, Aero mar, and Aeromexico as well as representatives of hotels, east and west of the city were in staff meetings and Convention Center San Luis Potosi.

These companies organizing events and meeting planners will be called in the near future in San Luis Potosi to perform inspections for two days the target advisers of the Ministry of Tourism will visit organizations such as Corporate Travel, Mexican Sports Confederation, Federation Mexicana of body building, College of Physicians and National Associations, Pronafim, MXM Meetings & Conventions, among others.

At each business meeting were provided with tourist information kits, video and presentation of the destination, information infrastructure and hotel capacity among other relevant information.

Finally, he worked a series of meetings in support of the Mexican Congress of Rheumatology to encourage attendance at this conference will be headquartered San Luis Potosi highlighting connectivity facilities by land, air, quality hotels, attractions and programs for the same congressman and companions, among other stimuli.

The island of Sardinia has been in Italy for 150 years, but especially Italian has never returned. The cerdeñeses have maintained a simple lifestyle and a culinary culture that is based on the 3 million sheep in the island. Res Magasinet visited the island.

On the slope below the village meadows begin. Grassy meadows filled with myrtle and thyme, flanked by impenetrable forest of cactus, barbed wire in the nature. Behind the stone hut, which acts as a stable, we find Mario, which comes with a lamb in his arms. Sardinia has more than three million sheep, but only a little over 1.5 million people. The landscape is barren, a place for survivors. The sheep are in high grade, but also all the people who for millennia have learned to cope with such unflattering nature, but fascinating.

Every morning Mario leads the ‘pickup’ tricycle Village Inn to its small shaped network on the outskirts of town. This has been done throughout his adult life. Despite his age, somewhere between 80 and 90, handles agricultural tasks without problems. Nursing home or retirement home is an unfamiliar concept.

- The work with animals and small agricultural plot that keeps me alive, says Mario and all his face blooms.

The fact that Sardinia has the highest number of centenarians in the world population, along with Japan, was not surprised. Hard work and strong family connections are the cornerstones of the life of this man. Here are the children or relatives who care for their parents. With his frequent visits to see that Mario and his wife are well.

- Never would place them in an old house unless they become so sick that they cannot handle, says the daughter Lightweight

the Village Inn is located in the lesser known east coast of Sardinia. This is rarely the average tourist. Few bother crossing the opposite side of the island, but here is where it begins to approach cerdeñeses roots. Here is the passage of time marked by slow movements and changes. Traditions of old Europe have been well preserved – a legacy of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Byzantines and Spanish. It is a region characterized by inhospitable mountainous areas like the mountains of Gennargentu and virgin coastal region of the Gulf of Orosei with beautiful, pristine beaches.

This year marks the 150 years since the Italian took over the island, but especially Italian Sardinia has never returned.

- In their eyes, are too reserved, taciturn and withdrawn, but nothing could be more wrong, says Light. Legs are not lost or country cousins, but people proud, stubborn and very generous. We cerdeñeses, simply.

We take protection in the restaurant she and her husband Ignatia against a storm approaching. Behind the fire in the spacious kitchen sets Ignatia immediately prepare a fish soup, Minosha, fresh fish the river Posse, other seafood delights like Boccone, a kind of local seafood and freshly caught octopus.

The gastrononomía of the island is characterized by self-produced food made from old recipes mixed with elements of modern Italian cuisine. The national dish is otherwise roast suckling pig, maialetto (porceddu – porcetto).

- The main ingredients of the kitchen ‘sarda’ natural reasons are all providing the sheep, such as milk used to make cheese pecorino, has Ignatia.

On the way up to the Emerald Coast in Oliena make a stop at the foot of Supramonte. Here lays an elegant resort, used by a number of celebrities since it was built in the mid 1960′s. Stars like Madonna, Richard Gere and Claudia Schiffer have been here to relax and get away from the hunting of media celebrities. The owner still has his old Madame Pasqua family farmhouse on the slopes of the mountain. A ‘resort’ very personal four-star that fits very well with the concept of agritourism.

- For almost 50 years, long before eco-tourism had become a household word, we realized that everything we did in His Gologone should be in harmony with nature and already started working with local food the region, she says